They crashed their B-17E Flying Fortress serial 41-2443, returning from a routine combat patrol mission around Hawaii searching for enemy forces. They crashed in foul weather and darkness on a bleak Easter Sunday evening that claimed two patrolling combat crews within 10 miles of each other.

This plaque placed by the Hawaiian Aviation Preservation Society on the 65th anniversary of the crash. You are not forgotten..." Credit: FindAGrave / SMGDate: November 4, 2011
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